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10.8.10
By the Numbers the skint |
Average travel time to work for New Yorkers… 39.4 minutes National travel time average… 25.3 minutes
Estimated number of hotel rooms in NYC… 80,899
Supermarket scanner error rate citywide… One of every three
Percent of acceptably clean streets, June 2010… Manhattan 94.1 Bronx 96.0 Brooklyn 92.4 Queens 96.5 Staten Island 97.8 Citywide Total 95.3
NYC greenhouse gas emission reduction in 2009 from previous year… 3.5%
Fried eggs and ham at E.A.T…. $18.50
Top Broadway box office gross, week of October 3rd… $1,507,992 for Wicked
NYC murders in 1990… 2262 NYC murders to date this year… 386
The best subway line… The 7 Line
Cost per pound of sprouts from Windfall Farms at Union Square Market… $48
Year of first statewide march on Albany for gay rights… 1971
Number of maps in the NY Public Library Map Division… 433,000+
Rank of falling in NYC's top 10 leading causes of injury-related hospitalization… #1

Sources Street cleanliness: NYC.gov (PDF) Hotel rooms: nycgo.com Supermarket scanners: NYC Dept. of Consumer Affairs Commutes: NYC Economic Development Corp. (PDF) and The Source Greenhouse gas emissions: NYC.gov Fried eggs and ham: E.A.T. Murders: NYPD (PDF; To date is as of 9/26/10) Best subway line: Straphangers Campaign Gay rights: Infotrue Broadway grosses: Boffo Box Maps: NYPL Hospitalization: NYC Dept. of Health (PDF)



Today on Wish You Were Here: Le Clos Montmartre

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skint - adj. british slang (1930-35) lacking funds, broke, bust, stone-broke, impecunious Around town this weekend, courtesy of the skint: a daily listing of free and cheap things to buy, see, do and eat in New York.
fri-sun 3-9pm: the park avenue armory transforms into a huge indoor carnival, complete with a 50-foot ferris wheel(!), games, performers, workshops in circus acts (balloon sculpture, juggling…), more. $5 admission (rides extra).
fri-sat 1-8pm (+10/9 11am-6pm): 90+ vintage clothing + textile dealers gather at this year's manhattan vintage clothing show. metropolitan pavilion, $15 admission with email signup (reg $20).
sat 6pm: celebrate john lennon's 70th birthday with a free screening of lennonnyc @ central park's summerstage, free
sun 8pm-4pm: glam it up as the 'bowie ball' pays homage to the starman. dj's, live music, burlesque, makeovers, costume contest, screening of the hunger, more! santos, $10 before 10pm w/ rsvp, $15 without.
it's the last weekend to enjoy governors island this season
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